Talk:Logistics/Archives/2013

Addition of external links

The "External links" section of this article is not a place to list of companies which provided logistics-related services. See # 7 in the list of what Wikipedia is not — in particular, it is NOT a "guide r resource for conducting business ... Wikipedia is not the yellow pages." Also see Wikipedia:External links for guidelines. —ERcheck (talk) @ 18:37, 19 June 2006 (UTC) Actually wikipedia can provide a lot of summed up information any subject but yellow pages can gie u address only .so there is a lot of difference betweeen these two — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.206.190.225 (talk) 08:28, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

Business Logistics

While business logistics did start in the 1950s in the post WWII era, quite a bit has happened since that time. I intend to add information about changes in Business Logistics, and what caused them, including: Empowered consumers, Power shift away from manufacturers, Deregulation, Globalization, & Technology

This should be an interesting project ... Andrew John MacDonald 06:35, 5 September 2007 (UTC) 😊

Can you explain the difference between supply chain management and logistics management?

Supply chain management is usually restricted to the management of the raw materials and supplies that a firm needs (ie.: inputs). Logistics looks at the whole physical distribution system, both supplies (inputs) and product distribution (ie.: outputs). It gets confusing because some software manufacturers/marketers do not follow this textbook definition very closely in their documentation and advertising. mydogategodshat 08:42, 17 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Actually the definition has changed in the past 10 years. Supply chain management now refers to the wider picture, specifically managing and balancing sourcing and distribution at a high level. Logistics management falls under supply chain management and only refers to the moving and storage of goods and their information. For in-depth definitions you can refer to the Council for supply chain management professionals (CSCMP) definitions page: http://cscmp.org/aboutcscmp/definitions/definitions.asp, most text books also use this definition or something similar. --Hendrikdr (talk) 10:29, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Military Logistics has some info about the origin of the word 'logistics' which should probably be incorporated here: The word "logistics" is derived from the Greek adjective logistikos meaning "skilled in calculating." The first administrative use of the word was in Roman and Byzantine times when there was a military administrative official with the title Logista. At that time. the word apparently implied a skill in the science of mathematical computations. Eleusis 20:21, 21 November 2005 (UTC)